Posted on 01/08/2006 7:44:05 AM PST by Racehorse
"I support gay marriage, and I support prayer in school," he said, sitting in the living room of his cabin in Medina last month. "You know why I support prayer in school? What's wrong with a kid believing in something?"
[. . .]
. . . "What politicians lack is a sense of humor, a sense of reality and a sense of community service. That's what I bring to the party.
"The only time the Democrats and Republicans get off their asses is to attack each other. The Democrats can't get any traction, and the Republicans can't get any legislation. Why the hell not?"
[. . .]
"You take five Mexican generals and give them a bank account of $1 million each," he said. "Then every time a Mexican national gets caught crossing illegally, you withdraw $5,000 from the general responsible for that sector."
[. . .]
"If I'm a rodeo clown, remember it's the clown who saves the cowboy,"
[. . .]
"I don't have many supporters, but the ones I have all own guns."
[. . .]
"I'm going to de-wussify Texas if I have to do it one wuss at a time."
(Excerpt) Read more at mysanantonio.com ...
Well, it reminds me of Howard Stern running for governor of New York back in 1994.
People in TX should talk to people in MN before they make the same mistake Minnesotans did with Jesse "the non-brain" Ventura, and it will be easy to do in a 3-way race. Jesse turned out to be be a half wit Democrap and Kinky is more of the same.
Also, Kinky is a Bill and Hillary Clinton supporter.
And maybe vice versa. From the same article:
As he maneuvers his way through the campaign, Friedman recalls some valuable advice that former President Bill Clinton gave him when the two met in Austin recently.
"He told me, 'Pick two issues that are close to your heart and hammer them home,'" Friedman said.
So he has picked education and immigration. The state government, he said, has botched both issues. So he supports pay raises for teachers, and he has outlined a bizarre plan to protect the border.
Getting him into the race is one thing. Actually voting for him is another.
But, from the same article:
If Friedman is getting more serious, the reason is simple: The race itself is getting more serious. A Zogby Poll, released in November, indicated 21 percent of likely voters would cast their ballots for Friedman, compared to 41 percent for Perry. It is still an uphill climb, but Friedman and his supporters can see the mountaintop.
Whether or not the Kinkster gets the help he needs to really get into the campaign, Texas Democrats and Republicans best pay attention. There's a reason why the Kinster did so well in the poll and a reason why Granny Strayhorn chose to jump ship again to run as an independent. The political waters are starting to churn.
The plan is beyond bizarre and I don't know where Kinky thinks he is going to get the funds to pay for this. Vicente Fox and the government of Mexico are not going to go along with it. So even if Kinky did get some kind of funding for this, he would have to do it with some type of gorilla force in Mexico, which isn't going to go over well with the US federal government, Mexico and members of the UN.
Oh shucks - for a minute I thought that perhaps Milton was going to run.
Isn't it illegal to bribe Mexican generals anyway?
I suppose you could declare Friedman a serious politician if you want to declare idiocy a form of intellect. Personally, I thought his shtick was funnier when Pat Paulson did it.
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